Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

It's NOT possible, because someone has to handle the kernel hooks, which is
the contention.
Mark as deprecated, remove the HandBook section, but only for 10.x



On 14 April 2013 18:48, Warren Block <wblock_at_wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote:
>
>  On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo <rpaulo_at_felyko.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 2013/04/13 16:01?Scott Long <scott4long_at_yahoo.com> ??????:
>>>
>>>
>>>  Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done.  If you
>>>> and Gleb don't want to do this, I will.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I already started writing a guide. See here for a very incomplete
>>> version:
>>>
>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~**rpaulo/ipf-deprecation/**article.html<http://people.freebsd.org/~rpaulo/ipf-deprecation/article.html>
>>>
>>
>> If you're really serious about deprecating ipf, we absolutely have to
>> remove instructions for it from the Handbook as soon as possible;
>> every time a new user comes across instructions you're going to have
>> yet another annoyed party.
>>
>> http://www.bayofrum.net/~**crees/patches/remove-ipf.diff<http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/patches/remove-ipf.diff>
>>
>
> This should probably be done like we did for CVS for ports.  Mark it as
> deprecated, then remove the Handbook section once the code is removed.
>
> Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port?
>
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